Congress will hold a Bharat Jodo Yatra in all districts across the country to commemorate the first anniversary of the Rahul Gandhi-led padayatra on September 7. The party is planning to mark in a big way the beginning of the cross-country march that saw Rahul Gandhi, along with several party leaders, traverse more than 4,000 km and interact with a cross-section of society.
The sources said yatras will be held at the district level to mark the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the Bharat Jodo Yatra on September 7 last year. They said the modalities of how long the yatras will be and other details are being worked out. Gandhi launched the yatra on September 7, 2022, in Kanyakumari. It ended on January 30 this year as Gandhi capped his ambitious 145-day journey in Srinagar.
"I have not done this (yatra) for myself or for the Congress but for the people of the country. Our aim is to stand against the ideology that wants to destroy the foundation of this country," Gandhi had said at the Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Srinagar at a rally marking the grand finale of the cross-country march.
Earlier, when asked about the second phase of the Yatra Maharashtra Congres chief Nana Patole said, "Second leg of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra to begin from Gujarat to Meghalaya."
The Yatra began last year in September from Kanyakumari and ended in Kashmir in the span of 130 days. The mileage which, the party reaped in Karnataka Assembly elections.
According to political analysts and senior journalists the Yatra has undoubtedly given new energy to party cadres to take on the BJP and to retain power for the second term and so with a view to draw benefits in 2024 Lok Sabha elections and state elections before that, the Congress leader will now embark upon his second phase of Bharat Jodo Yatra.
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